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Unclear and present danger
In this incident, ATC miscommunication and broader organisational factors almost led to the loss of 353 lives.
By Margo Marchbank
On 16 December 2016, EVA...
Don’t push it, don’t go
VFR pilots should make early decisions to avoid the danger of unintentionally flying into cloud.
A total of 101 occurrences of VFR pilots inadvertently flying...
Drones—what’s next?
It is the year 2030 at a busy coastal international airport. From the top of the terminal building, commuter drones taxi incoming passengers to...
Minutes to midnight
Behind what appeared to be an open-and-shut case of human error was a set trap of human and technical factors that was ready to...
Just a little bit over
by Nick Stobie
Almost all Australians are familiar with the Transport Accident Commission’s campaigns against drink driving. They’re prolific, confronting and by many metrics very...
Any one of us
by Thomas P. Turner
I was in the right front seat of a Cessna twin en route from Cowra to Archerfield airport near Brisbane. After...
Reprise: Night of the Comet
The first edition of Aviation Safety Digest in 1953 reported on the runway overrun of a de Havilland Comet 1 in Rome, the previous...
Pushing the boundaries
by Brendan Reinhardt
A new mental model of pilot-induced oscillation brings insights that might help you stop it happening to you.
A hard-working pilot drives home...
Knowledge is power—how understanding IFR can benefit a VFR pilot
by Kreisha Ballantyne
In the late 19th century, a Polish ophthalmologist named L. L. Zamenhof created a universal second language called Esperanto. His goal was...
International accidents 30 June – 31 August 2019
Date 30 June
Aircraft Beechcraft King Air 350
Location Dallas Addison Airport, Texas, USA
Fatalities 10
Description On take-off, aircraft drifted to the left, and then...
